Director of Student Activities & Engagement

Salary - $40,000 - $45,000

Position Purpose

Lead student engagement beyond the classroom for the purpose of student development, engagement, retention and degree completion. Provide living/learning opportunities that include but are not limited to leadership development, planning/management, community service and achievement of career/life goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan, organize and execute student engagement activities on and off campus a minimum of 2 events per month that meets the living learning goals to promote personal development of commuter and residential students.
• Coordinate planning of events with campus partners including but not limited to, Residential Housing, Student Center, Well-being Center, Career Center, International Student Services, and First-Year Experience/Diversity Education that support retention efforts.
• Develops program learning outcomes that support the Strategic Completion Plan.
• Participate in institutional effectiveness by measuring annual goals, objectives, and assessment of learning outcomes.
• Maintain and promote a student activities calendar through the Marketing Department in collaboration with Events at Hocking and the Student Center.
• Advise the Student Activities Advisory Board to provide leadership, event planning and delivery of weekly/monthly student planned events.
• Work with the Assistant to the Vice President of Student Life in planning, promoting and executing large campus events such as Start Week, All Hocking Learning Day, etc.
• Provide a wide-range of personal, academic, and leadership training to all student organizations.
• Support other campus event partners, Alumni, Academics and Athletics with campus activities.
• Provides student organizations with mandatory officer training each semester that covers, Roberts Rules of Order, utilization of student finances and compliance with fiscal protocol, fundraising, event planning and space requests.
• Develops and updates an annual required faculty/staff advisor training program.
• Cultivates new clubs, and supports all clubs in their pursuit of student engagement in co-curricular and extracurricular activities.
• Oversees the annual registration of all clubs, maintains lists of members/advisors, provides assistance with club purchases and event planning.
• Supervise the Driving Range management in collaboration with the Student Center Staff.
• Serves on the Graduation, Homecoming, All Hocking Learning Day and Start Week committees with responsibility for student event planning and execution.

Qualifications- Education, Experience and Skills

Bachelors Degree preferred

2-4 years of experience in event planning, student activities, leadership and/or Programming.

Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

Strong organizational, analytical, decision-making and administrative skills.

Must understand the correlation between student involvement and student retention.

Some weekends and evenings are required.

Prior experience and strong skills in a collaborative work environment.

Reasonable accommodations may be requested and reviewed according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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